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Portfolio & Resume Advice for the Digital-Age Student
Steve OutingUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Digital News Test Kitchen
Step 1: Assess your digital profile
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Search for yourself on Google
Step 2: LinkedIn profile
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Set up, update your LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn =People
directory(be in it!!)
Ask forendorsementson LinkedIn
Makeconnectionson LinkedIn
Step 3: Google+ profile
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Google+ profile: Must-have
Step 4: Twitter account (use it!)
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Twitter most important social-mediasite for journalists to use
Follow topics or beats
Use routinely to connect with sources on your beat
Find sources
Ask questions, get answers ... Crowdsource!
Advanced search: Mobile tweets from big news event
Build followers based on your main topic/expertise
Alert followers to your published work
Step 6: Blog
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Blog shows you’re serious (or quirky, funny...)
Show employersyou can write
... well
Focus on a topic:your expertise
area; what you’repassionate about
Keep blogging!Looks bad when
you haven’tposted in a year
More than text!Photos, video,
audio, graphics,and more
Step 7: Facebook Timeline
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Your Facebook Timeline
Employers will look; what will they see?
Edit posts for Public or Friends-only
PUBLIC Timeline can serve as quasi-resume
Add major life events in Timeline (make public)
Do a great Timeline cover presentation
Step 8: Portfolio site or “Me page”
Search for yourself on Google (see problems?)
Have a LinkedIn profile (digital resume; recommendations)
Have a Google+ profile
Have an active Twitter account
Have a blog (with recent entries): Shows that you can write, so clean copy
Have a Facebook Timeline
Make too-personal Facebook entries friends-only
Have a personal portfolio website or main “Me” page
Many options for ‘me’ platform
Self-hosted Wordpress site/bloghttp://cujournalism.com/yourname
http://yourname.com
FREE HOSTING FOR JMC STUDENTS
Wordpress website as your home base
Pick a Wordpress
theme (free or low-cost
premium) for portfolio site
About.me: Free central ‘Me’ page
Storify used as resume
Prezi used as resume
Pinterest: pinboard resume
Digital News Test Kitchen
http://testkitchen.colorado.edu
http://steveouting.com
http://about.me/steveouting
@steveouting
